Wire-fence machine



No. 624,520. Patented may y9, lss.

G L MILLER WIRE FENGEMACHINE. (maximin ma Feb. 1s, 1899.)

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v Patented May 9, |899. G. L. MILLER.

WIRE FENCE vMMIIIIIIE.

(Application led Feb. 18, 1899.)

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L f@ Z6/Md Culto/1M m Nrrun STATES GUSTY L. MILLER, OF UNIOPOLIS, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N o. 624,520, dated May 9, 1899.

Application mea ramm- 13, 1899.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GUSTY L. MILLER, a

.citizen of the United States,residin g at Uniopolis, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vire-Fence Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this specii cation, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective machine to be used for the construction of wire fences in connecting the stay-wires to the line-wires by looping or twisting them around the same, provision being made for the easy manipulation of the machine when 'adjusting it from one line-wire to the other after the loop' has been completed and moving it along the linewires as each stay-wire is completed.

The invention consists in a machine constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a side elevation of the machine, showing it in operative position on the line-wires of the fence; Fig. 2, a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of the twisting device removed from its bearing; Fig. 4, a horizontal section taken on line 4L 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a top plan view showing the twisting mechanism or device thrown back from contact with the linewires for the purpose of moving the machine vertically or horizontally.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the usual horizontal line-wires, and B the vertical stay-wires, connected thereto by looping or twisting them around the same. A standard C is connected to the line-wires by means of the notched blocks ct, with which said wires engage, and is adapted to be moved along the line-wires as circumstances require. To this standard C is connected the arm D by means of the pivoted link-bars E F, the link-bar E being adj ustably connected to the stay G, which is pivoted to the standard. The link-barE is connected to the stay G by means of a removable pin h, engaging with a hole in the link-'bar and one of a series of holes c in the stay.

Upon the arm D are suitable gear-wheels vstay-wire.

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I, which mesh with each other, each wheel' having a grooved friction-roller H, between Whichrthe line-wire extends. A crank-handle .I connects with the shaft of one of the gear-wheelsl, and by turning the crank-handle the machine can be moved along the linewires as the stay-wire is completed, and thus bring it in position toV commence the next When the loop of the stay-wire is completed around' one line-wire, the wiretwisting mechanism is moved to the next linewire by sliding it vertically u pon the T-shaped guide K, projecting from the standard C, a suitable bracket L, having a correspondingly formed T-shaped groove, litting the T-shaped guide.

The grooved frictionrollers I may be brought in position to engage with any one of the line-wires by changing the vertical position of the arm D as circumstances require.V This is accomplished by removing the pin Z9 and adjusting the height of the arm D, which is held in its adjusted position by replacing the pin h and engaging it with the hole in the stay G coming opposite thereto.

Thetwisting mechanism is supported in a frame M, which frame is pivotally connected to the grooved bracket L to ad mit of the frame, with its mechanism, being swung out ofoperative position, as shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings.

The wire used for the stays is contained on a spool N, eccentrically connected to a gearwheel O, which meshes with a similar gearwheel P. The gear-wheel P has rigidly connected thereto or cast therewith a bevel-pinion R, and with this pinion engages a similar pinion S, the shaft 'c thereof having a crankhandle T for turning it. A spring-actuated dog f is adapted to engage a depression or socket g in the inner face of the pinion Si, as-

shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In making the loop of the stay-wire over the line-wire the dog is raised out of the depression or socket,

which will allow the pinion to make a complete revolution, at which point the dog by action of the spring- 71, will automatically engage itself with the depression or socket and prevent the pinion from turning beyond the complete revolution, which revolution is sufficient to complete the loop ortwist. The gear-wheel O has a .slottedl hub t', containing IOO a friction-pulley 7c, over which the stay-Wire passes, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, said wire passing out through the end ot' the hub. A ring Z is secured on the end of the hub or formed with it, as preferred,

and has a yoke 'm on line with the slot n of the hub, which yoke is adapted to embrace the line-wire, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

The herein-described machine provides a very practical and effective means for securing the stay-wires to the line-wires of a'fenee and is capable of both vertical and longitudinal adjustment along the line of felice in constructing the same.

Having no7 fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a wire-fence machine, a longitudinally-movable standard provided with means for detachably connecting or engaging the line-wires thereto,a vertically-adjustable arm connecting with the standard, gear-wheels connecting with the adjustable arm and provided with friction-rollers between which one of the line-wires extends, a crank-handle for turning the gear-wheels, and a Wire twisting or looping device ad justably connected tothe standard, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

2. In a wire-fence machine, a longitudinally-movable standard with which the linewires are detachably connected, a swinging frame vertically adjustable upon the standard and carrying means for twisting or looping y thestay-wires around the line-wires, and an arm carrying gear-wheels with friction-rollers and means for turning said wheels, linkbars pivotally connected to the ends of the arm and to the standard, and a stay pivotally connected to the standard and adj ustably connected to theupper one of the link-ba1s,whereby the arm is capable of vertical adjustment and held in its adjusted position, substanti'ally as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the aboVeI have hereunto subscribedmy naine in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTY L. MILLER. lVitnes-ses:

' D. CLING-ERMAN,

SARAH CLINGERMAN. 

